Available roles and features on Windows Server 2008 Server Core machines Roles available in Server Core Features available in Server Core Active Directory and Active Directory Lightweight Domain Services (LDS) BitLocker Drive Encryption DHCP Server Failover Clustering DNS Server Multipath I/O File Services (including DFSR and NFS) Removable Storage Management Print Services SNMP Services Streaming … Read more
Here are some other things you don't get with Windows Server 2008 Server Core: No .NET Framework, or even the common language runtime (CLR) No Microsoft Management Console, and no related snap-ins The vast majority of Control Panel applets are not present No Run box, and no Start menu to go with it ——————-Thanks,Paddy
Here are some other things you don't get with Windows Server 2008 Server Core: No .NET Framework, or even the common language runtime (CLR) No Microsoft Management Console, and no related snap-ins The vast majority of Control Panel applets are not present No Run box, and no Start menu to go with it ——————-Thanks,Paddy
The New Architecture in IIS 7 Modularity is the key word and was the ultimate design concept surrounding the complete redevelopment of the request processing pipeline in IIS 7. There are 40 different modules that make up the feature set of IIS, divided into eight categories. These modules are individually listed here, so you can … Read more
Read-Only Domain Controllers Think back to the days of Windows NT 4.0, when there was one king of the hill, the primary domain controller (PDC), and then any number of subservient princes below that king on the same hill—the backup domain controllers, or BDCs. It was easy to see the flow of information—changes were made … Read more
DNS Command-Line Utilities In this section, I'll describe some useful programs designed to run from a command line that you can use to automate your DNS setup and configuration processes. DNSCmd The Windows Server 2008 Support Tools collection, described earlier in the book, contains the DNSCmd utility, which is a great way to access some command … Read more
Command-Line Utilities In this section, I'll look at several ways you can manage file, print, and user services from the command line. Using Shares Sometimes it's inconvenient to use the Windows GUI to map a drive—this is a problem particularly in logon scripts. How do you use a batch file to tell the mouse pointer … Read more
The default special permissions are further described in the following list. Traverse Folder/Execute File Traverse Folder allows you to access a folder nested within a tree even if parent folders in that tree deny a user access to the contents of those folders. Execute File allows you to run a program. List Folder/Read Data List … Read more
Windows Server 2008 special permissions Special permission R W RX L M FC Traverse Folder/Execute File X X X X List Folder/Read Data X X X X X Read Attributes X X X X X Read Extended Attributes X X X X X Create Files/Write Data X … Read more
2.3. Deployment The deployment story in Windows Server 2008 (and Windows Vista, for that matter) has radically changed. Windows Deployment Services (WDS) replaces the old Remote Installation Services (RIS) product that was included with Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003. It has a number of enhancements, improvements, and new features, but perhaps the most important … Read more
